70 



$ . "With the fore wing very much paler. 



Larva with the first two pairs of abdominal prolegs rudimentary; 

 a conical dorsal hump on llth somite ; colour greyish brown 

 above, purplish beneath ; the sides greyish, with a longitudinal 

 brown line ; spiracles black ; head ochreous, with a black spot in 

 front. 



Hab. Sikhim; Ceylon; Singapore. Exp., <$ -J2, $ 50 millira. 



Genus ANORATHA. 

 Anoratha, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 82. 



Type, A. costalis, Moore. 



Range. Sikhim ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon. 



Palpi porrect, the 2nd joint extremely long with a downward 

 curve, its upperside fringed with scales ; the 3rd joint long and 

 depressed. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled, the latter very 

 long in male. Fore wing with the costa arched towards apex, 

 which is produced and acute, more so in the male than the female; 

 the outer margin excurved at middle, especially in male. Hind 

 wing with veins 3 and 4 on a short stalk ; 5 from the middle of 

 discocellulars ; the outer margin excised towards anal angle in 

 male. 



2899. Anoratha costalis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 82, pi. 7, fig. 10 ; 

 C. 8f S. no. 2850. 



Head pale ; palpi black at sides ; thorax dark red-brown ; abdo- 

 men fuscous. Eore wing dark rich red-brown ; a whitish costal 



fascia ; a straight erect 

 postmedial white line, 

 with a rufous spot 

 beyond it on vein 5. 

 Hind wing pale fus- 

 cous, with indistinct 

 pale postmedial line ; 

 underside with dark 



cell- spot and post- 

 Fig. 38. Anoratha costa lis, . \. 



Hob. Sikhim. Exp. 54 millim. 



2900. Anoratha paritalis, Wlk. Cat. xvi, p. 65 j Moore, Lep. Ceyl iii, 

 pi. 176, figs. 7, 7 a ; C. $ S. no. 2851. 



Head and thorax pale chestnut ; palpi black at sides ; abdomen 

 fuscous. Eore wing pale chestnut, irrorated with a darker tint ; 

 the costa slightly paler ; an indistinct antemedial angulated line ; 

 a postmedial oblique line; some indistinct subiuarginal specks. 

 Hind wing fuscous ; the cilia chequered rufous and fuscous ; 

 underside with indistinct cell-spot and postmedial line. 



